Album Reviews ALBUM REVIEW: Kim Carnes - Chasin' Wild Trains After thirteen quiet years, Kim Carnes made a record with nobody left to tell her no — twelve songs of her own, cut with the friends who helped write them, on a label named for the family dog. The little girl on the cover never doubted it would sound like this. By Jared Ingersol, Generation Country · 7 min read
The Dirt Band Edition EP REVIEW: The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Night After Night A brand-new record on the way out the door, produced by Jerry Douglas — because nobody else does that. By Jared Ingersol, Generation Country · 8 min read
Album Reviews ALBUM REVIEW: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy The record where the band finally sounded like itself — named for a real old man and his singing dog, carrying 'Mr. Bojangles' and the blueprint for the Circle. By Jared Ingersol, Generation Country · 7 min read
Album Reviews UNDERHEARD: Matraca Berg - Sunday Morning to Saturday Night In 1997 Matraca Berg put five songs at No. 1, won Song of the Year, and made the album of her life. Within six months her label was dead and the record buried with it. She kept the best ones for herself — and it is not too late to hear her sing them. By Jared Ingersol, Generation Country · 18 min read
Album Reviews ALBUM REVIEW: Matraca Berg - The Dreaming Fields Fourteen years after Nashville buried her masterpiece, Matraca Berg took her songs back — and turned in the record Harlan Howard assigned. By Jared Ingersol, Generation Country · 16 min read
The Dirt Band Edition ALBUM REVIEW: Hanna-McEuen - Hanna McEuen First cousins, sons of identical twins, singing a blend no producer could fake. They made one album, and the label dissolved underneath it before the charts got past 38. Twenty years on, it turns out it was an audition, and the family band heard it. By Jared Ingersol, Generation Country · 9 min read
Album Reviews ALBUM REVIEW: Gail Davies - Where Is A Woman To Go RCA Records · Released November 1984 Produced by Gail Davies and Leland Sklar for Little Chickadee Productions Recorded by Bill Schnee at Emerald By Generation Country, Jared Ingersol · 8 min read
Album Reviews ALBUM REVIEW: Ricky Skaggs - My Father's Son Epic Records · Released September 10, 1991 Produced by Ricky Skaggs and Mac McAnally Recorded at Soundshop Studio "A" and Treasure By Generation Country · 7 min read
Underheard UNDERHEARD: Jessi Alexander - Honeysuckle Sweet Before 'The Climb' and 'I Drive Your Truck,' Jessi Alexander walked into a Memphis studio and made a debut too good for the machine built to sell it By Generation Country, Jared Ingersol · 12 min read